Guest Post: Joel Dart, Ingram Micro When I say Distribution, I’ll often get a somewhat blank stare. Joel Dart So what is it? Distribution offers a complete solution for a signage network, including key areas like inventory warehousing, supply chain coordination, configuration of a technical solution, financing, installation and training. […]
A Naperville, IL start-up called Smart Digital Screen has launched a service that touts the use of digital signage and complementary technologies to make marathons, 10Ks and other mass sporting events better and safer. […]
Guest Post: Luis Villafane, Maler Digital Signage I just got really upset. I bought a “classic” pinball machine for the office. It’s one of those machines with no electronic boards at all, where everything is mechanic. […]
I love this quote in the Toronto Star, from the head of Retail Strategy for Accenture in Canada: “(We’re going to be) moving away from some of the gimmicky and gadgetry that we’ve seen until now, like digital screens you can interact with but they don’t really add to the experience,” said Kelly Askew. Yeah. Exactly. […]
Via Retail Design Blog This is a cool application of projection in retail – running video right on or through the perforated metal bulkheads of store fixtures. The images are from Game 7 Athletics, an Italian multi-brand sports retailer that has opened a flagship store inside the Arese shopping center in Milan. The store design was put together by Milan-based D+D Group. […]
Rob Suffoletta from Seneca came up to Toronto from Buffalo last week for some meetings and to catch the DSE mixer. We pre-gamed a beer before the actual mixer, and he pulled a gadget out of his briefcase he wanted to show me. […]
The producers behind The Fate of the Furious – which I think is a chick flick about annoyed shoppers and a woman who controls the Christmas shopping line-up outside of a Kate Spade outlet store – did a massive takeover last night of many of the LED boards in Times Squares to hype the movie and the trailer. […]
The Australian beauty retailer MECCA Brands has started opening what it has dubbed “connected” store – loaded with digital displays intended to connect with customers. A shop at Myer Melbourne was the first to get a set-up that includes a total of six 2×1 55? portrait columns, plus a giant 65? […]
Guest Post: Jørn Olsen, Pronto TV I used to have an old wooden boat that I would spend a lot of time maintaining and polishing every autumn, to be ready for the next summer. Jørn Olsen Every year, my “boat-neighbors” swapped their boats to something a little bigger than last season. […]
Guest Post: Trey Hicks, Visix So, your organization is considering a digital signage system, and you’ve been tasked with gathering info. Where to start? Trey Hicks It’s a massive market and getting bigger all the time. […]
Amazon has opened what amounts to a neighborhood grocery near its Seattle headquarters that totally eliminates checkouts and cash registers, allowing people to walk in, grab what they want, and leave – the purchases all tracked through shopper smartphones and the cloud. The 1,800 sq. ft.Amazon Go store is now open as a test for staffers but will open to the public early in the new year. […]
The interactive touchscreen thing at sports venues is not new, but there’s a few things Philly-based MVP Interactive did with Cox Communications and the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder that are kinda cool: Fans make their personal, albeit virtual bobbleheads; A sensor called the vert jump mat measured how high fans can jump (vertical leap is kind of important for b-ball); The fan images got tied in with a Lamar digital billboard in the city. […]
A reworked Convergent is starting to get some traction with its premise of being a Digital Signage as a Service (DSaaS) provider, announcing a deal today to provide the software and services behind something called the ReachMeTV Entertainment Network. […]
You can go up to the 69th and 70th floors of the US Bank Tower in LA to get a 360-degree view of that city, looking west to the beaches and ocean and the mountains beyond the city’s basin. To get up there, you first stop at the 54th floor, and that’s where a new set of experiential projections have been set up to greet visitors. […]
Hat tip to Gary Kayye for writing about this recently … What if a service at a funeral home wasn’t a dark, deeply uncomfortable experience most people just wanted to get through? What if it was more of a celebration – that used technology to tell the story of a loved one’s life? […]
